Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Chocolate Chip Cookies, BeWellMama Style

Due to the ever present snow storm pattern we're experiencing here in New England, both kids are home and I'm having mad cravings for chocolate, so the kids and I are baking Chocolate Chip Cookies. Wahoo! This is not your typical CC cookie; nooo, we're experimenting by adding a little barley flour to the recipe. Risky, indeed!
"Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies"
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Cup barley flour
1/2 Tsp baking soda
1/2 Tsp salt, I use a tad less
1 stick of butter, softened 
1/4 Cup brown sugar
1/4 Cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 Cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375.Combine flours, baking soda and salt in small bowl. In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugars 'til fluffy. Add egg and beat until creamy. Carefully add dry mixture to butter mixture and combine until a nice, ball of dough forms. Then stir in chocolate chips. Plop dough by rounded tablespoons onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, and space about and inch apart. Bake until you see a few golden spots on top of cookies, about 9 minutes. Cool on rack and enjoy.

Taste Test: Both my kids liked the cool, gray color of the cookies. If you can handle the weird, dog biscuit-like smell, then you're good to go. My daughter picked at her cookie, but my son devoured his. I ate about 3 and enjoyed them. Would I make them again? Maybe, but I'll use less barley flour.





2 comments:

Fickle Cattle said...

The grayness is probably a love it or hate it kind of thing. Is this because of the barley flour?

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BeWellMama said...

Hi Fickle Cat. Yeah, I'm thinking that's why.